Method and means for making compromise angle bars



July l5 1924. 1,501,186

' C. A. PSILANDER Mmmm-.AND MEANS FOR MAKING coMPaoMIsE ANGLE BARS :5 'sheets-sheer 1 .Filed July l. 1922.

July l1S. 1924. 1,501,186

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' c; A. PSILANDER METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING COMPROMISE ANGLE BARS Filed July 1, 1922 :s sheets-sheet s atroz/nag Patentedtluly l5, 1924,

CHARLES A. PSILANDER, OF EASTON. FENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM WHAR- TO'N JR. & CO., INCORPORATED, PENNSYLVANIA.

OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF METHOD AND MEANS kFOR lVfAKING COMPROMISE ANGLE BARS.

Application filed July 1.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, 'CHARLES A. PsrLAN- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods and Means for ls/faking VCompromise Angle Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a method and means for effecting variable osetting of bars and the like, for example, compromise bars or fish bars of straight or angular form.

In making compound joints, lfor example so-called compromise bars it is often necessary to offset the upright and foot portions, and this operation has heretofore been done in two distinct steps. Moreover, since it is often necessary to provide the upright and foot portions with different degrees of offsets, the two step operation is a substantial doubling of the time and labor required for a single bend or offset.

According to my invention, both the upright and foot portions of the bar are simultaneously offset laterally in a single pressure movement, and the relative degrees of offset as between such portions may be varied at will.

The invention provides novel apparatus for use in conjunction with, for example, a bulldozer, so that any desired degree of offset may be provided-in the foot or upright, and any relativedegree of offset in both the foot andupright, the offsetting being effected in a single pressure movement.

The apparatus for the performance of my invention preferably includes co-axially mounted and longitudinally split or partible barrel dies. The two elements of the respective dies areinteriorly shaped to snugly receive the bar to be offset. vThe dies are mounted for rotative adjustmentv `between spaced jaws in a bulldozer or equivalent-machine. The jaws are so 'constructed and arranged as vto .becapable of limited move- -ment in the respective headsof'the' bulldozer or other machine, liners `being interposed between the jaws and heads to controlthe desired offsetting operation. Thus vit willbe understoodthat when the .jaws close j upon the diesiin.response,t0-pressure of the 1922. Serial No. 572,242.

heads, the dies will have an angular movement determined by the relative thickness'of the liners employed. V.'I`hisevidently results in a. corresponding offset in the bar.

rlhe invention contemplates the offsetting of both hot and cold bars, but as more pressure of course will be necessary for cold bending and it is desirable to use the ordinary bulldozer, the bars are preferably heated, and any character or 'degree of offsetting effected at one heat.

In the accompanyiim` drawings,-

Figure 1 is an end elevation of an'apparatus embodying my invention.

9.' is a central transverse section.

F 3 is a plan view.

Fig. t is a longitudinal section on line 1 -t of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the barrel dies in open position.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the carriage on which the dies are mounted.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a section ofA a splice bar having vertical and lateral offsets produced in accordancewith'myinvention.

Thatfpart of the apparat-us through which the improved method is carried out involves aseries of (in this example two) barrel shape ory cylindrical dies l and 2, each con-` structed of longitudinally co-operating sections 3 and 4. The proximate' faces of the die sections are formed as at 5, to receive a bar 6, and the respective halves ofeach die'are hingedly connected at their outer ends by U form brackets 7, pivotally connected bybolts 8, at points remote from the die proper, in order to permit a full opening of-each die-' The barrel dies arerecessed as at 9, and provided with coincident openings 10, for the reception, if necessary, of suitable locking provisions.

Each barrel die is mounted on inner and outer carriage trucks 1l and 12, the inner truck being beneath the inner or adjacent ends of the barrel dies and the outer trucks at the outer endsthereof. The inner trucks carry truck supporting rollers V13 and die-- supportingirollers lhwhile the Outer trucks carry truck-supporting rollers Y15 and Adiesupporting rollers 16. Thegouter trucks are also provided with an `.upstanding flallge.V 17

i formed with a series of variable graduated holes 18, the fiange 17 of t-he outer truck overlying the outer ends of the barrel dies. rllhe ends of the barrel dies are also formed with openings 19, preferably in the upper and lower series, so that any of the open- .ingsr 19 may be broughtinto registry with the openings 18 of the flange 17, for the reception of pins to hold the barrel dies in any position of rotative adjustment desired, the purpose of which will later appear. The trucks are secured relatively by rods a passing through elongated slots in the inner trucks and having threaded terminals to receive lock nuts c, d. The rods are formed so as to have a certain degree of spring qualit-y or fleXure in order to permit relative movement of the trucks in the offsetting movement of the dies, and the elongated slots ZJ facilitate the return of the parts to normal position. ln addition to the adjustment afforded by the lock nuts c, d, the inner trucks may be spaced by the provision of separators c carried by the rods, the separators, when present, operating in conjunction with Cotter pins The barrel dies are each held between opposing jaws 20, 21, having a limited sliding connection as by bolt and slot connector 22, with the heads 23" and 24': of a bulldozer or other similar machine. The jaws have thus a limited independent movement in the heads, one of which heads is usually stationary, and :the other movable under pressure.

`Liners 25 of Varying thickness are employed with the apparatus, these liners being interposed between the jaws 20, 21, and the heads 23, 24. Obviously, if a thin liner is employed behind the jaw 2() of one barrel die and a thick liner behind the jaw 21 of the same barrel die, aud this arrangement be reversed with respect to the other barrel die, then when the jaws are brought together onto the dies, the latter will be offset a distance equal to the difference between the thick and thin liners. Therefore, the offset depends upon the relative thickness of the liners employed, so that the machine readily lends itself to any degree of offset which may be found necessary. The` truck or Ycarriage on which' the dies are mounted is so constructed as to have a certain amount of fleXure which provides for more or less tolerance between theV sets of dies. There is also a slight difference, say one-sixteenth of an inch in the end openings. of the dies and the complemental pinreceiving openings in the truck or cradle forming a roller path for the dies. The

" barrel dies are properly spaced and shearingof the bar is prevented by distance adjusting screws 26. j

I' it is o`nly necessary to offset the bal` in a .vertical direction, as for iinstanceV a bar for use between a new or full section and a worn section of rail, the vertical part of the bar should be in a horizontal plane as shown at A-A in Fig. 1. And if a lateral offset only is required, as for instance between two rails of different width heads but same fishing section, the barrel dies and the bar are adjusted so as to be at an angle of O to the line of pressure. Since both vertical and lateral offsets :12 and y (Fig. 7) are required in compromise bars, the proper turning of the barrel will insure any proportions between the horizontal and vertical. For instance, if the vertical offset is three-eighths and the horizontal offset is three-thirty-seconds, the hypothen-use is the difference in the lining of the jaws, and this regulates or controls the angle to which the line A-A should be adjusted from the horizontal, either by turning the barrel clockwise or anti-clockwise according to whether a right or left hand joint is desired. The angle being det-ermined, the dies are secured by pins 27 eooperating with the holes 18 and 19. If the pin holes in the barrel are given a somewhat larger spacing, say one-sixteenth of an inch, than the holes in the carriage, a very close setting or adjustment can be provided for.

Having claim y 1. The method of shaping ordinary splice bars to adapt them for use as compromise bars to connect rails of different section, which consists in centering a splice bar in endwise disposed co-acting offsetting dies capable of selective rotative movement, establishing the requisite differential adjustment to control the character and degree of offset, and completing the operation by subjecting the dies conjointly to a single application of pressure.

2. The method of osetting bars for use as compromise joints, which consists in simultaneously and in a single pressure movement offsetting both the foot and upright portions of the bar, the relative degree of offsetting being determined bv controlling the angular relation of the bar to the line of pressure.

3. The method of ot'setting` bars for usey as compromise joints, which consists in establishing the degree of offset by disposing the bar at an inclination to the line of pressure and applying pressure to the part to be offset.

4t. The method of osetting bars for use as compromise joints, which consists in indescribed my invention, I

dependently supporting the parts to be offtigri, bar supporting means capable of tuml A l.

ing movement, means for arresting the turning movement for controlling the degree of offsetting, and means for applying pressure to the bar supporting means.

6. Means for effecting variable offsetting oflstraigliti bars, comprising, in combination, coaxial barrel dies shaped to suit the bar, a roller path for the dies and on which they are turnable to vary the angle of inclination to the line of pressure, means for fixing said angle, and means for applying offsetting pressure.

7. Means for effecting variable offsetting of straight bars, comprising, in combination, coaxial partible barrel dies shaped to accommodate the bar, a roller path for the dies and on which they are turnable to regulate the position of the bar with relation to the line of pressure, jaws co-operating with the dies, and means for exerting pressure through the jaws.

8. Means for effecting variable offsetting of straightY bars, comprising, in combination, coaxial partible diesl to support the bar, a roller path for the dies and on which they are turnable to regulate the positionof the bar with relation to the line of pressure, jaws co-operating with the dies, means for lining up the j-aws to control the offsetting operation, and means for applying pressure.

9. Means for effecting variable offsetting of straight bars, comprising, in combination, coaxially mounted bar holding dies, means for relatively securing them to prevent shearing of the bar, and means for shifting the dies in a circumscribed arc of movement to control the offsetting operation, and means for exerting pressure on the dies to perfect the offsetting.

10. Apparatus for the purpose specified,

including independent means forl support-' ing the respective ends of the bar in both directions beyond the offset line, and means for inducing variable relative movement of such independent means under a single pressure device.

11. Apparatus for the purpose specified, including independent means for supporting the respective ends of the bar in both directions beyond the offset line, a single pressure means, and means for causing said single pressure means to have a variable moving effect on such independent means.

12. Apparatus for the purpose specified, including independent means for supporting the respective ends of the bar in both directionsbeyond the offset line, means for rotatively supporting the independent means, and means for inducing variable relative movement of such independent means in the operation of a single pressure device.

13. Apparatus for the purpose specified, including independent means for supporting the respective ends of the bar in both directions beyondthe offset line, means/*for ro.- tatively supporting said independent means, means acting in a constant pressure-line-on said independent means without regard to the rotative movement thereof, and means whereby said single pressure means compels a variable relative movement of said independent means. l 14. Apparatus for the purpose specified, including alined barrel dies within which the bar is secured, opposed pressure j awsco-y operating with each barrel die,a head cooperating witlreach pair ofy jaws andi-elatively'movable under pressure, and means whereby the jaws of one barrel die may be ofi'set relative to the jaws lof' the otherbarrel die in the completed pressure movementof the heads. Y

15. Apparatus for vthe purpose specified,"

including alined barrel diesto recei've'the bar, opposed pressure jaws co-operating with each barrel die, a head co-operatmg with similar jaws of each' die and relatively movable kunder pressure, the jaws being capable of relative movement with respect to the head, and liners to space the similar jaws of each die from the head4` tothe vari-r the ultimate compromisebar( j j 16. Apparatus for the purpose specified, including alined barrel dies 'to receive the bar, a single pressure means adapted to successively engage and operate said dies to finally arrange the dies in axial offset relation, and means for mounting the dies for rotation to vary the angular relation of the foot and upright of the bar to the line of pressure.

17. Means for effecting multiple offsetting, comprising the combination of bar supporting means, means for mounting the bar supporting means for rotary movement, means for limiting the rotary movement to control the degree of offsetting, and means for applying pressure to the bar supporting means.

18. In combination with a bulldozer, jaws co-operating with the respective heads thereof, barrel dies mounted for turning movement between said jaws, means for lining up the jaws to determine the ultimate movement of the dies, and a roller path co-operating with the dies.

able extent indicated by the desired offsetin 19. Means for effecting variable offsetting of bars and the like, comprising, in

combination, bar Vsupporting dies of exter-V 20. Means for effecting variable offsetting l of bars and the like comprising, in combination, coaxial bar supporting dies of external cylindrical form, means Jfor spacing them, means 'for adjusting the dies to vary the angular relation of the bar to the line of pressure, a roller path for the dies, and

ieans for controlling the adjustment of the ies. r

21@ Means for effecting variable offsetting of bars and the like, comprising in combination, cylindrical dies to receive the bar, a {leXible carriage for the dies, a source of pressure, and means controllable at will for adjusting the dies so as to vary the angular relation of the bar tothe line of pressure.

22. Means for eecting variable osetting of bars and the like, comprising, in combination, co-acting barrel dies, means for variably offsetting said dies With relation to the line of pressure, and means for vapplying pressure to the dies.`

23. Means for effecting variable osetting of bars and the like, comprising co-acting barrel dies each formed of pivotally connected half-dies, a roller path for the dies, means for applying pressure to the dies, and'means controllable at Will for effecting relative adjustments of the dies in a' circumscribed arc of movement. f

24. In a machine of the nature indicated,`

the combination of bar supporting and offsetting dies, adjustable die blocks, and a rollti0n,`and a rolling support for relatively positioning the dies in accordance with such control. u I

27. In a machine of the nature indicated, the combination'vvith heads one of Which is responsive t0 pressure, of (2o-operative bar supporting and oisetting dies, mounted for relative rotative adjustment, die blocks, and liners co-operating with said die blocks and heads to determine the relativity of the dies.r

28. The method of'ollsetting bars for use as compromise joints, which consists in simultaneously and' i'n a single Vpressure movementvertically and horizontally osetting goth the foot and upright-portions of thel ar. p In'testimony whereof IV aliiX my signa. ture. Y

CHARLES A. PsiLANDni-ii. 

